This Thanksgiving we're thankful for the time this year gave us to reflect on what's important, be grateful for travel and the many cultures that make up our world, and to find a renewed sense of wanderlust and passion for study abroad. We can’t wait to help you see the world, hopefully someday soon. In the meantime, check out some of these Thanksgiving-inspired pieces from across the web and give yourself a little global escape today.
This week we’ve been completely reenergized about study abroad by diving into some of the best of the best of the (last one, promise) best of our study abroad goodness.
What’s study abroad goodness, you ask? Well, it’s some of our best content that has made us laugh, cry, reflect, and, you guessed it, reenergize!
Whether it's inspiring student blog posts about being comfortable with who you are while abroad, watching some hidden gem videos that reveal the true beauty of the people and the landscapes of our world, casually browsing some of our favorite study abroad photos, or being reminded by our 2020 Correspondent of the Year that you can make the most of anything if you put your mind to it, it's everything we need right now to get our groove back 🕺.
Wondering what the best destinations are for your major? Or maybe how study abroad even works? It's not a silly question, we promise. We've got these answers and more, all in an info session that's shorter than an episode of The Office.
Though it might not seem like the best time for…a lot of things TBH, this temporary limbo can actually be the perfect moment to plan ahead for what truly matters to you in the upcoming week, month, year, two years, all the way to infinity and beyond!
Friend, amigo (Spanish), freund (French), ami (Italian), or vriend (Dutch)—no matter how you choose to say it, having a friend is globally one of life’s greatest 🎁s.
From an impressive pool of 119 Correspondents considered for the award, Mary Enright (IES Abroad Cape Town | Spring 2020) has been selected as the 2019-20 Correspondent of the Year.
With everything going on in the world, this week we’re honing in on "going with the flow"—a skillset IES Abroad students learn many different ways during their time abroad, and a way of moving through the world that we could all put to good use right now. Feeling (or getting) lost doesn’t have to be a bad thing!
This week we’ve been thinking about how emojis mean different things in different cultures, which has us thinking, studying abroad in a new culture has so many layers outside of simply learning the language: new symbols, gestures, and expressions to understand.
